Dynamic Restrictive Reuse Scheduler

1. A method of dynamically scheduling orthogonal resource sets for reuse by user devices to reduce inter-cell interference comprising: determining a fairness metric for each user device in a wireless communication region; determining a channel peak desirability metric based on different instant and average channel qualities over multiple orthogonal resource sets for each user device; and determining an overall scheduling metric for each user device, the overall scheduling metric is the output of a metric combining function of the fairness metric and the channel peak desirability metric.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a user device with a highest overall scheduling metric score as a winning user device, and awarding a portion of the orthogonal resource set that corresponds to the winning channel metric of the winning user device.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising reiterating the method of claim 1 after awarding the orthogonal resource set to the winning user device until all user devices have been assigned an orthogonal resource set or all resources have been assigned.

4. The method of claim 1 , where the orthogonal resource sets are at least one of frequency sets, time slot sets, code sets, carrier sets, and orthogonal SDMA dimensions.

5. The method of claim 4 , where the orthogonal resource sets are frequency sets comprising at least one of OFDMA, IFDMA, and LFDMA subcarrier sets.

6. The method of claim 1 , where the metric combining function is at least one of a product, a weighted sum and a maximization function.

7. A system that facilitates dynamic restrictive reuse orthogonal resource sets scheduling in a wireless network environment, comprising: a restrictive reuse scheduling component that determines an overall scheduling metric for each user device in the wireless network environment; a peak component that determines an overall channel peak desirability metric for each user device; the channel peak desirability metric based on different instant and average channel qualities over multiple orthogonal resource sets; and a delay component that determines a channel delay desirability metric for each user device.

8. The system of claim 7 , the overall scheduling metric is the output of a metric combining function of the fairness metric and at least one of the overall channel desirability metric and the channel delay desirability metric, wherein the metric combining function is either a product, a weight sum or a maximization function.

9. The system of claim 7 , the restrictive reuse scheduling component designates a user device having a highest scoring overall scheduling metric relative to all other user devices in the wireless network as a winning user device, the restrictive reuse scheduling component awards a orthogonal resource set to the winning user device, the orthogonal resource set comprises one or more subcarriers sufficient to meet resource requirements of the winning user device.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a sorter component that excludes the winning user device from subsequent iterations of orthogonal resource set assignment when it is desired that all user devices sequentially receive a orthogonal resource set assignment, and includes the winning user device in subsequent iterations of orthogonal resource set assignment when it is desired that a device receive multiple orthogonal resource set assignments.

11. The system of claim 7 , where the orthogonal resource sets are at least one of frequency sets, time slot sets, code sets, carrier sets, and orthogonal SDMA dimensions.

12. The system of claim 7 , where the orthogonal resource sets are frequency sets comprising at least one of OFDMA, IFDMA, and LFDMA subcarrier sets.

13. An apparatus that facilitates scheduling orthogonal resource sets assignments for user devices in a wireless communication environment, comprising: means for determining a fairness metric for each user device in the communication environment; means for determining an overall channel peak desirability metric for each user device, the channel peak desirability metric based on different instant and average channel qualities over multiple orthogonal resource sets; means for determining a channel delay desirability metric for each device; and means for determining an overall scheduling metric score for each device, the scheduling metric score is the output of a metric combining function of the fairness metric and one or both of the overall channel peak desirability metric and the and the channel delay desirability metric.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising means for identifying a user device having the highest overall scheduling metric score relative to overall scheduling metric scores for all other users in the wireless environment as a winning user device, the winning user device is awarded a orthogonal resource set comprising one or more subcarriers.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , the means for determining the fairness metric employs at least one of an equal grade of service protocol and a proportional fair protocol.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , where the orthogonal resource sets are at least one of frequency sets, time slot sets, code sets, carrier sets, and SDMA dimensions.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , where the orthogonal resource sets are frequency sets comprising at least one of OFDMA, IFDMA or LFDMA subcarrier sets.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , where the metric combining function is one of a product, a weight sum or a maximization function.

19. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for: determining fairness metric for each user device in a wireless network environment; determining an overall channel peak desirability metric for each user device; the channel peak desirability metric based on different instant and average channel qualities over multiple orthogonal resource sets; and determining a channel delay desirability metric for each user device.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 , further comprising instructions for determining an overall scheduling metric score for each user device, the overall scheduling metric score is the output of a metric combining function of the fairness metric and at least one of the overall channel peak desirability metric and the channel delay desirability metric for the user device.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 20 , where the metric combining function is at least one of a product, a weight sum and a maximization function.